[OS X TeX] MacTeX/TeXLive 2012 near-"sightings"

Richard Koch koch at math.uoregon.edu
Wed Jun 20 11:43:56 EDT 2012


Joseph,

The size is essentially the same. 

The old install packages were actually "folders in disguise". So they had to
be zipped to be put on the internet. But the actually install contents
inside these packages were pax files that had already been compressed,
so zipping didn't change the size.

Dick

On Jun 20, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Joseph Wright wrote:
> What is the size implication here for downloads?




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